Air Quality, Health and Climate Co-Benefits of a Clean Energy Transition in China and India

Denise L. Mauzerall (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs at Princeton University)

Reducing the emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases have synergies and co-benefits for air quality, public health, climate and food security. My group examines mitigation opportunities in the power, residential, industry, and transport sectors and where possible identifies opportunities and synergies between sectors that enhance reductions. Our work involves rigorous technical analyses of air pollution emissions, transport and implications for public health as well as evaluations of mitigation strategies and cost-benefit analyses. Our findings provide useful insights to inform environmental and health policy in China and India.